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In the year 1942
585 Notable deaths
Nevena Georgieva
Yugoslav partisan.
Born August 25th, 1925 in Skopje.
Died December 16th, 1942 at 17 years old in Nezhilovo (decapitation).
Helmuth Hübener
German resistance member (1925–1942).
Born January 8th, 1925 in Hamburg.
Died October 27th, 1942 at 17 years old in Plötzensee Prison (execution, decapitation).
Kanaklata Barua
Indian freedom fighter from assam (1924-1942).
Born December 22nd, 1924 in Gohpur. [ref]
Died September 20th, 1942 at 17 years old in India. [ref]
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger
German language lyricist and holocaust victim (1924-1942).
Born August 15th, 1924 in Chernivtsi.
Died December 16th, 1942 at 18 years old in Mykhaylivka (typhus).
Nada Dimić
Yugoslav partisan (1923–1942).
Born September 6th, 1923 in Divoselo.
Died March 17th, 1942 at 18 years old in Stara Gradiška concentration camp (typhoid fever).
Maria Polivanova
Hero of the soviet union (1922–1942).
Born October 24th, 1922 in Naryshkino.
Died August 14th, 1942 at 19 years old in Parfinsky District.
Natalya Kovshova
Soviet sniper (1920–1942).
Born November 26th, 1920 in Ufa.
Died August 14th, 1942 at 21 years old in Veliky Novgorod.
Ruth Maier
Austrian author and holocaust victim (1920–1942).
Born November 10th, 1920 in Vienna. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1942 at 22 years old in Oświęcim, Auschwitz.
Heinz Hitler
Nephew of adolf hitler (1920–1942).
Born March 14th, 1920 in Magdeburg.
Died February 21st, 1942 at 21 years old in Butyrka prison.
Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri
Spanish hero of the ussr (1920–1942).
Born January 9th, 1920 in Muskiz.
Died September 3rd, 1942 at 22 years old in Srednyaya Akhtuba.
Tatyana Marinenko
Soviet partisan, heroine of the soviet union (1920–1942).
Born January 25th, 1920 in Suchi Bor.
Died August 2nd, 1942 at 22 years old in Žarcy (gunshot wound).
Hans-Joachim Marseille
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii (1919–1942).
Born December 13th, 1919 in Charlottenburg.
Died September 30th, 1942 at 22 years old in Sidi Abdel Rahman.
Nurken Abdirov
Soviet military pilot (1919-1942).
Born August 9th, 1919 in Karkaralinsk Uyezd.
Died December 19th, 1942 at 23 years old
Toshio Ōta
Japanese flying ace (1919–1942).
Born March 20th, 1919 in Nagasaki.
Died October 21st, 1942 at 23 years old in Guadalcanal.
Junichi Sasai
Japanese naval aviation officer (1918–1942).
Born February 13th, 1918 in Tokyo.
Died August 28th, 1942 at 24 years old in Henderson Field.
Noah Adamia
Soviet sniper (1917-1942).
Born December 21st, 1917 in Tiflis Governorate.
Died July 24th, 1942 at 24 years old in Sevastopol.
Ivan Golubets
Soviet sailor, hero of the soviet union (1916–1942).
Born May 8th, 1916 in Taganrog.
Died March 25th, 1942 at 25 years old in Sevastopol.
Stjepan Filipović
Yugoslav partisan (1916-1942).
Born January 27th, 1916 in Opuzen.
Died May 22nd, 1942 at 26 years old in Valjevo (hanging to death).
Boris Safonov
Soviet aviator (1915–1942).
Born August 26th, 1915.
Died May 30th, 1942 at 26 years old in Barents Sea.
Heinz Körvers
German handball player.
Born July 3rd, 1915 in Bönninghardt.
Died December 29th, 1942 at 27 years old in Volgograd.
Adolf Opálka
Czech soldier (1915-1942).
Born January 4th, 1915 in Rešice. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1942 at 27 years old in Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral. [ref]
Josef Valčík
Czechoslovak soldier and resistance fighter (1914-1942).
Born November 2nd, 1914 in Smolina. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1942 at 27 years old in Prague. [ref]
Žikica Jovanović Španac
Yugoslav partisan (1914-1942).
Born March 17th, 1914 in Valjevo.
Died March 13th, 1942 at 27 years old in Kosjerić.
Libertas Schulze-Boysen
German opponent of the nazis who belonged to the red orchestra (1913-1942).
Born November 20th, 1913 in Paris.
Died December 22nd, 1942 at 29 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
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